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FreeBSD : electron29 -- use after free in Dawn (04e78f32-04b2-4c23-bfae-72600842d317)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197932

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 04e78f32-04b2-4c23-bfae-72600842d317 advisory.

 Electron developers report:
 This update fixes the following vulnerability:

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvp9-87cv-m4fv

http://www.nessus.org/u?29034ff0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197932

File Name: freebsd_pkg_04e78f3204b24c23bfae72600842d317.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 5/26/2024

Updated: 12/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4948

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:electron29, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4948